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Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions

The Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Research Group at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute is a multidisciplinary team that over the past 13 years has focused its scientific activity on the research (both nationally and internationally) of clinical, therapeutic and etiopathogenic aspects of:

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders (especially Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome).
  • Personality Disorders (especially Borderline Personality Disorder).
  • Addictive behaviours (especially Dual Pathology and Smoking).
  • Transcultural Psychiatry.
  • Interconsultation and Liaison Psychiatry.
  • Resistant Major Depressive Disorder.
  • Perinatal psychiatry.
  • Child sexual abuse and maltreatment.

At international level, it participates and/or coordinates several European projects of great repercussion in the area of mental health. At national level, it is part of the CIBERSAM (Centre for Biomedical Research in Mental Health Network) together with other leading groups, conducting research of excellence.

Team

Maria Pilar Meler Amella

Maria Pilar Meler Amella

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Marta Sorribes Puertas

Marta Sorribes Puertas

Research technician
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Miquel Ferré Puig

Miquel Ferré Puig

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz

Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Nuria Bassas Bolivar

Nuria Bassas Bolivar

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Raquel Vidal Estrada

Raquel Vidal Estrada

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Maria Pilar Meler Amella

Maria Pilar Meler Amella

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Marta Sorribes Puertas

Marta Sorribes Puertas

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Miquel Ferré Puig

Miquel Ferré Puig

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz

Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Nuria Bassas Bolivar

Nuria Bassas Bolivar

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Raquel Vidal Estrada

Raquel Vidal Estrada

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Projects

Attempted Suicide intervention treatment and prevention : a randomised controlled trial

IP: Mª Dolores Braquehais Conesa
Collaborators: Marta Quesada Franco, Gemma Parramon Puig, Anna Beneria González, Gara Arteaga Henriquez
Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3
Funding: 128400
Reference: 202208-30-31
Duration: 20/04/2023 - 31/12/2026

Impact of Neurodevelopmental Disorders on School Performance: genes and environment (INSchool)

IP: Marta Ribases Haro
Collaborators: Judit Cabana Dominguez, José Antonio Ramos Quiroga, Laura Gisbert Gustemps, Gemma Español Martín, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Silvia Alemany Sierra, Natalia Llonga Tejedor, Maria Soler Artigas
Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3
Funding: 199187.5
Reference: 202228-30-31
Duration: 20/04/2023 - 31/12/2026

Disentangling clinical, neurobiological, and genetic correlates of First Episode Mania

IP: Silvia Amoretti Guadall
Collaborators: Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente, Gemma Parramon Puig, Javimar Suarez Jesus
Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3
Funding: 50049.25
Reference: 202234-32
Duration: 19/05/2023 - 31/12/2026

Active Comparator-controlled, Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the INtegral Cognitive REMediation program (INCREM) in patients with Depression.

IP: Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia
Collaborators: Natalia Calvo Piñero, Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Gemma Nieva Rifa, Marta Gil Gordillo, Active Comparator-controlled, Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the INtegral Cognitive REMediation program (INC, Silvia Ferrer Moltó, Jordi Morillas Ros, Núria Gallardo Hernández, Julia Vendrell Serres, Active Comparator-controlled, Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the INtegral Cognitive REMediation program (INC, Gina Aliaga Montané, Thaïs Gabriel Aranega, Laia Anglada Llistosella, Sara García González, Imanol Setien Ramos, Active Comparator-controlled, Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the INtegral Cognitive REMediation program (INC
Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3
Funding: 60872.31
Reference: 202227-30-31-32-33
Duration: 30/04/2023 - 30/04/2026

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News

Over the course of one week, it will host in-person assessments for 35 families to better understand the progression of the disease and contribute to the development of new therapies.

A project led by the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in collaboration with FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation describes structural and functional brain changes in adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

A large-scale study involving Vall d’Hebron confirms the genetic relatedness among 14 different psychiatric disorders and groups them into five new families, paving the way for new treatments targeting their shared underlying genetic causes